DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/07 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 76.0 - - 68.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 53 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3503 - - 3648 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2877 - - 2387 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4392 - - 4537 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 723 - - 665 - - 2084 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 333 - - 261 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 126 - - 107 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1188 - - -1272 - - -2127 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5580 - - 5809 - - 3065 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7746 - - -7885 - - -9468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12138 - - 12422 - - 10406 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 61 - - 63 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 76.0 - - 68.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.8 - - 54.0 - - 58.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 75.7 - - 70.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.5 - - 52.7 - - 57.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 53 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3503 - - 3648 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99043 2 148 13 133 12 151 99043 91586 9 172 11 200 8 193 91586 85802 8 186 11 232 6 218 85802 81008 7 179 8 248 4 191 81008 76903 5 120 5 240 3 257 76903 73295 4 054 7 092 3 196 73295 70036 4 117 7 076 5 089 70036 67038 5 119 2 013 6 052 67038 64261 4 145 6 248 8 336 64261 61593 5 065 7 173 9 265 61593 58823 10 347 3 034 5 223 58823 55963 22 326 29 332 19 328 55963 53265 45 308 47 310 33 311 53265 50850 51 318 49 328 38 305 50850 48675 59 324 58 325 56 326 48675 46704 60 326 64 322 72 323 46704 44909 54 330 57 324 61 330 44909 43255 47 327 52 327 53 324 43255 41703 40 314 50 331 50 321 41703 40237 31 297 46 336 49 314 40237 38845 25 313 39 342 43 310 38845 37490 27 338 34 338 28 322 37490 36107 32 350 32 332 20 323 36107 34665 35 351 31 331 17 315 34665 33166 38 342 26 346 16 316 33166 31593 41 337 29 348 11 329 31593 29938 39 332 36 327 18 327 29938 28199 35 340 39 325 26 320 28199 26371 20 329 25 332 22 321 26371 24463 21 309 19 312 20 305 24463 22481 15 324 19 318 24 313 22481 20424 5 278 11 291 15 321 20424 18288 3 261 11 262 12 296 18288 16120 5 352 3 276 12 291 16120 14039 8 007 3 059 10 310 14039 12149 7 016 4 060 7 334 12149 10470 6 059 3 085 4 023 10470 8980 7 093 4 138 3 068 8980 7655 9 107 6 145 2 129 7655 6481 9 105 8 129 6 134 6481 5448 9 119 8 130 7 156 5448 4543 8*126 8*126 9 172 4543 3748 8*127 8*119 10 164 3748 3035 8 127 8 111 10 138 3035 2406 8 126 8 106 11 117 2406 1881 7 125 8 104 12 101 1881 1479 7 125 7 101 12 091 1479 1202 7 125 7 100 11 083 1202 1034 6 125 7 099 9*078 1034 938 5 124 6 098 5*074 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography